So my 3 year old dropped our current laptop and broke it. It's just the screen, but the laptop is several years old, the battery is dead, and now the screen is. Probably better off getting a new one. Anyone know of any great deals out there now? I haven't done any research b/c I wasn't planning on replacing it for a while.

Its a laptop from Google - it has a Google based OS, loads up in seconds, has all Google's features built in (gmail, youtube, etc), downloadable apps it's light (like 2.5 lbs), has awesome battery life, and its only priced around $250.

I recently bought my wife a Toshiba Portege... great little machine, solid state drive means it boots in moments, and it has plenty of go. It weighs nothing, so if you are concerned about a 'flimsy' feel, this isn't for you. If you plan to jam it in a briefcase often, this is probably the one for you.

Pitt87 wrote:I recently bought my wife a Toshiba Portege... great little machine, solid state drive means it boots in moments, and it has plenty of go. It weighs nothing, so if you are concerned about a 'flimsy' feel, this isn't for you. If you plan to jam it in a briefcase often, this is probably the one for you.

My wife and I bought a Toshiba laptop last year, mainly because it has a 10-key pad beside the standard keyboard. At any rate, I agree about the "flimsy" feeling. It is so light that intuitively I sometimes think I'm going to break it. the laptop though has been a real workhorse and has done everything I have needed it to.

My employer provides us with laptops for our office PC's and they are almost exclusively Dells (some Lenovo's) . They are also pieces of junk. In my 7 years with the company, I'm on laptop #4 and I've had two other hard drive re-imagings due to crappy software. Unless you got a Dell really cheap, I would stay away from them as a brand.